Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, I am happy to go on if you want me to go on. What I am prepared to say is that we are absolutely determined to try to drive reform in this area. It has been our consistent position to try to drive reform. The CPRS proposition we put to the last parliament did not gain the support we needed. We think the price on carbon will allow us to build a consensus of the parliament to drive the change this economy needs. I look forward to the Liberal-National opposition engaging in a real debate, engaging in the policy debate, rather than political stunts and juvenile student politics. Let’s engage in a real debate about the needs of the economy.